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Maybe you just want to take it easy and observe what we have to offer. We have plenty of activities that are spectator events.
Of course, you'll want to cheer for one of the 19 NCAA teams at Tennessee Tech University. Also, many of our area high schools boast outstanding teams that regularly advance to regional and state tournaments.
Each spring the annual Upper Cumberland Home and Garden Show is a great opportunity
to see the latest horticultural techniques and gardening decor. The summer months
are heralded by the sounds of the old Stinson band organ -- one of only
200 in the country -- at the Putnam County Agricultural Fair. Almost a century
old, the fair brings together a carnival for the kids and competitions for people
of all ages.
If you visit in November, you are in for a treat. Cookeville's annual Christmas
parade has been held in November for more than four decades and prides itself
in drawing more than 200 entrants and almost 100,000 viewers, either in-person
or via televised broadcast.
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TTU Sports
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With 15 NCAA Division I sports programs, Tennessee Tech is home to all the athletic action you can handle. Catch a football game inside newly renovated Tucker Stadium or big-time college basketball inside the Hooper Eblen Center. The university also fields highly competitive baseball, softball, soccer, volleyball, tennis, golf, track, cross country and rifle teams.
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Christmas Parade
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Each year, more than 30,000 spectators line the streets of Cookeville for one of the largest Christmas parades in the Southeast. Floats, marching bands, old-timey characters and, of course, Santa Claus greet the young and the young-at-heart. The parade takes place the last week of November.
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Putnam County Fair
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Music, midway and more, this almost century-old-event is held each
summer and is a favorite of many. The fair offers carnival rides, beauty
pageants, a rodeo, livestock and poultry competition, western dance
competitions, a strongman competition, a quarter/walking horse show,
motorcycle racing, demolition derby, gospel singing and much, much more, all
at low or no cost.
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